[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 18, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S10231]
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                      UNANIMOUS-CONSENT AGREEMENT

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I will repeat my earlier unanimous consent 
request. I understand that we need to start this whole routine over 
again. I am going to have two unanimous-consent requests.
  First, I ask unanimous consent that the pending bill, S. 343, be 
temporarily laid aside and the Foreign Relations Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of S. 21, and the Senate turn to 
its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I further ask that the Senate resume S. 343 
after the disposition of S. 21, as amended, if amended, and no call for 
the regular order serve to displace S. 21, except one made by the 
majority leader, after notification of the minority leader--and he can 
be assured that he would get proper notification on that--and if a call 
for the regular order is made, there be 1 hour for debate, to be 
equally divided in the usual form, to be followed by the third cloture 
vote on the Dole-Johnston substitute, and the mandatory quorum under 
rule XXII be waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Santorum). Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I do not want to confuse the matter any 
more, so I waited until after the unanimous consent request was 
proffered.
  Let me make sure my colleagues are clear as to what the circumstances 
are now. I have had the opportunity to consult with the distinguished 
Senator from Wisconsin. It is my intention to protect his right to 
offer a sense-of-the-Senate resolution either before cloture or after 
cloture, if a cloture motion is required; or if no cloture motion is 
required, we will negotiate with the majority to ensure that the 
distinguished Senator from Wisconsin has an opportunity to raise the 
issue that he hopes to address through this sense-of-the-Senate 
resolution. I appreciate his cooperation in this regard, and as a 
result, we are now able to go forward.
  I think this is a good solution to the matter, and I appreciate 
everyone's consideration and cooperation.
  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I want to reiterate, in view of the 
unanimous consent agreement that we did reach, that was the last issue 
of the day in terms of recorded votes. There will be no recorded votes 
until tomorrow when an agreement is reached on when the next vote will 
be scheduled. There will be no further recorded votes tonight.
  I yield the floor.
  

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